Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA): Updates on the Debate
This event has been cancelled
Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, March 17, 2020 | 5:00PM - 8:00PM | Boardroom and Library, 315 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M5S 0A7 |
Description
In light of the recent migrant crisis in Central America and along the southern US border, it is valuable to re-examine the obstacles which the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) has created with respect to those seeking refuge from violence and horror in Central America. Pulling together experts from the legal, policy, and governmental fields, the Global Migration Lab Student Initiative will explore the ongoing questions surrounding the STCA. What is the current legal situation? What is the current political situation? What does the future hold and what are the consequences?
Dr. Craig Damian Smith, the former Associate Director of the Munk School’s Global Migration Lab, will be facilitating this panel discussion. Craig Damian Smith earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on migration, displacement, European foreign policy, and refugee integration.
The panel discussion will take place on March 17th, 2020 from 5pm to 7pm at the Boardroom located on 315 Bloor Street West, Toronto Ontario, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. There will also be a reception after the panel discussion from 7pm to 8pm.
Notice to all attendees, this event may be filmed and broadcast on the Global Migration Lab Student Research Initiative’s social media channels.
The speakers for this panel discussion are:
John McCallum is the former Minister of Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship under the Justin Trudeau government from 2015 to 2017. John McCallum also previously served as Canada’s Minister of Defense from 2003 to 2004 under the Jean Chretien government as well as having most recently served as Canada’s Ambassador to China from 2017 to 2019 under the Justin Trudeau government.
Jenny Kwan is the NDP Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and the current Critic for Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, as well as the Critic for Multiculturalism. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
Robert Falconer is a Research Associate with the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. His work focuses on immigration and refugee policy, with a particular focus on reforming policies related to the Canadian asylum system. His other research interests include the retention of newcomers in rural Canada and the influence of domestic and foreign policy on immigrant interest in moving to Canada.
Prasanna Balasundaram is a staff lawyer for Downtown Legal Services and supervises the Refugee and Immigration division and academic appeals cases in the University Affairs division. He has a special interest in judicial reviews of decisions by the Immigration and Refugee Board and administrative issues that engage constitutional rights. Prasanna is counsel for two of the individual applicants in the judicial review of the STCA, which was heard in November 2019.
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